#B279BF#B279BF

#B279BF is a light, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.119 H 320.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B279BF
RGB	rgb(178, 121, 191)
HSL	hsl(289, 35%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(289, 37%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(6.8%, 36.6%, 0%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.88, 34.24, -27.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.88, 44.15, 320.85°)
OKLab	oklab(65.93% 0.091 -0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(65.93% 0.119 320)
XYZ	xyz(34.6002, 26.9023, 52.6501)
Luminance	0.2690 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B279BF #86BF79

analogous

#8F79BF #B279BF #BF79A9

triadic

#B279BF #BFB279 #79BFB2

tetradic

#B279BF #BF8F79 #86BF79 #79A9BF

square

#B279BF #BF8F79 #86BF79 #79A9BF

split-complementary

#B279BF #A9BF79 #79BF8F

monochromatic

#743D80 #9951AA #B279BF #CAA2D3 #E2CCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#B279BF on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#B279BF on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #B279BF

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B279BF	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B279BF	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#708AC2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E90BD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B38193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b279bf;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 121, 191);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.119 320.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#caa0d2',
    500: '#b279bf',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b279bf;
$custom-light: #caa0d2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b279bf",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 191
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 288.857,
    "s": 35.354,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65929,
    "c": 0.11874,
    "h": 320
  },
  "luminance": 0.26901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B279BF

secondary

#C2D7BD

accent

#AE374D

background

#FCF9FC

surface

#F8F2F9

border

#D1CCD2

text

#130F14

muted

#827E82

Preview Lab

Preview with #B279BF

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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